Yeah, after a hard fought game and Creighton is resting their starters right now in a blow out or Evansville, so it seems Creighton will be fully rested for their 3rd game in 3 days while ISU should be a little more worn. Plus, ISU came to St. Louis without their 1st big off the bench out for 3-6 weeks with a broken thumb. It will be a problem against Echineque and McDermott tomorrow.

Unfortunately we are gonna get a Big Ten team that finished below .500 in conference play, 364 Big East teams (6 MAYBE that deserve it). And a team who is most recognized with a fight this year. I think the CAA tourney gets just one bid, and the team has to win to get in it (even tho u know UConn is getting in based off of last year pretty much, but VCU can't do that or George Mason can't get in based off their's /sarcasm).

Unfortunately we are gonna get a Big Ten team that finished below .500 in conference play, 364 Big East teams (6 MAYBE that deserve it). And a team who is most recognized with a fight this year. I think the CAA tourney gets just one bid, and the team has to win to get in it (even tho u know UConn is getting in based off of last year pretty much, but VCU can't do that or George Mason can't get in based off their's /sarcasm).

That is really disappointing too. If we look deeper into UConn's schedule of the 9 teams that finished ahead of them in the Big East standings they only beat West Virginia, Seton Hall, and Notre Dame. They have gone 6-11 since January 1st. They have ok wins over Harvard and Florida State, but I agree with Yoda, these guys don't deserve to make the NCAA tournament. Maybe DePaul can pull off a shocker and knock off UConn in the 1st round of the Big East Tournament on Tuesday.

I'm not all that bullish on Northwestern. I don't see a huge difference between Northwestern, Minnesota, and Illinois. All played schedules of roughly the same difficulty, all are sub-20 win teams, and all have a handful of marquee wins. The only difference is that NW got hot at right time, while Minnesota and Illinois faded at the end.

They don't pass the eye test at all either. Shurna is the only guy who scares me on the entire roster. The rest are slow footed jump shooters.

I really like Dave Sobolweski, the true freshmen pg for Northwestern, who started all 30 games this year. He put up solid numbers, 9.1 ppg, 3.5 assists, and 2.6 rebounds a game. If he continues to improve upon those numbers as well as improve his shooting % numbers he could become a very good player once he becomes a senior.